Vehicle-tire.



' PATENTEE APE. 21, 190s.

M. E. PRIEST. VEHICLE TIEE. y AFPLIATION FILED FEB 1B. 1907.

sired-.to insert an inner-tube.

UNrTED PQENT OFFICE# MARY- B. rRIE'sQT, oF MILWAUKEE,-WIsCONsI-n'AssIGNoR 'ro TnEiPRIEs'r ATIRE COMPANY,

' v A CORPORATION oF'wIsooNsIN,

, v EHrcLEQ'rrRE.

Specification of Letters Patent. y

Patented April-21, reos.

Application filed February 18,1907. Serial No. 357,808

To all whom 'it may concern:- l Be it known thatI, MARY'B. PRIEST,y a

waukee, in the county of Milwaukee and Stateofv Wisconsin, haveinvented. certain newj-and useful Improvements in Vehicle-'f Tires; andI ldo hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and kexact vdescription thereof, l

The object ofmy invention is top rov-ide a simple, durable, "andeii'ectivepneumatic- `tire, the several partsv being so constructed andarranged as to render the' same puncture the ltire upon .tnewhee p Saidinvention therefore consists 1n ce'rtalnl proof and easily assembled,Iprovisnm *being made whereby lateral Iplay and creeping of is avoided.1-

peculiaritiesof construction. and combination o'fparts as vhereinafterfully set forth with reference to the accompanying drawings andsubsequentlyiclaimed. J Y

In the drawings: Figure 1` represents a; cross-sectional view of fatirelm'ade in accordf ance with my'invention attached to a wheel- `run,and Fig. 2,' a fragmentary elevation ofv the same with. a portion'brokenaway and in`v section to better illustrate the details of conestruction.

. rim and metalrinofs a by a seriesfofv bolts l),

Referring yby' letter to the drawings, A in# dicates fthe wood telly ofa wheel lrovided with a widemetalfrirnB, to whic are se-I ycured flanges0 1 Iof a neumatie. tire casing. The flanges C are hel in place betweenthe which bons tss th'muglrthe'rings, Heiliges and rim', an are held inplace bypnuts c.;- This construction securely confines 'the tire-' lcasing to the "wheelerim and thus` revente The casing, ae-showin` iscircular suiiicient-l width to extend `to a point adjacent the metalwheelerini, there being afclearance between theedgesof the'same andtheinnert: faces of saidguardain orderthat the same may haveA lree verticalmotion Without" contacting` with the rirn, lexcept when 'thetire is 551citif'v zen of the United States, andv resident of Milsubjected tolateral strain. A spa'cefbetweenfthe' side-walls of the tireeasing andthose' of the guards G is provided through which mud or other vioreinsubv ,stances may be expelled. The-outer ange-D of thecasing is facedwith a 'metal-band H, over which is fitted a anged rubber-tread Iwithstay-rodsg. The said flange, portion together with the band and.outer flange' D of the casing, are clamped together by inturned lips-hand flanges 't of the lside-guards, the

dips h being formed by vextension at theba'se 70 of .the openings fthereof.

AsK shown, the rubber-'tread is provided with a series of perforationsjthat serve to'- addfresiliency `to said tread, but it is underpensfedwith. l v

Iriassemblinglthe tire, the. casing, band the other, the inner-tube (notshown) havin the casing, and a A,tothe wheelfrim. y Thesidear'dsare'then placed in position, and the bo tsF which ass, throughapertures' in said adjusted and drawn up fir y by nuts m so -thatpthetirfeaas a whole is thereby firmly olannpedp-tofthe Wheel-rim and h'eldagainst motion,"except ina vertical direction. 1`

thatl the tire may be readilyassembled. or de- -tached fr yreplacingvvorn'-parts, -while being the samefrom creeping thereon,the olts and 5rings being readily-detached whenit isndefatfthesarne .time free toexpander contract ffwith4 its' metal-band', sideguards andv tread,

yto accommodate itself:to;- 1nequalities in the p5" froadf` Themetal'band H of' said tire servesV l.

ov rotect the samek against puncture. u ileI have shown and described adiyided casing `for the'insertion thereinsof an be within -the-` scopeof my invention to ro-l vide a singletubeor closed casing, inw ich easethe casing would be similar to that shown, Vwith the exception of thedivision K therein.

rings et that serve to clamp the tire-casing to the Wheel-rim',l is suchthat a water-tight oint is obtained between said casing and run,

t'o permit' free expansion of said casing, the

lsaid guards being formed 'with openings f 60 having the flanged portionthereof 'rovide'd 65 stoddpthat in som'e cases the same may bedigs- 75and tread areV -irst put in position one upon .l

Abeen inserted through the division K forme 80 1 terthe rings are iittedto the' said tire-casing'the. assemblage is bolted ards are t en 85'.-By-thefabove construction it will be seen' 90 inner-tube ofsoftrubber, it is understood to. 100

The construction and arrangement of the thus preventing any moisturefrom entering the aforesaid casing 'and causing deteriorationoftheinnerbtnbetherein, the device as a Whole bein'ofso thoroughly 'clamed in eon-A nection with the outer metal-ban ,y as to render slipping oftheI arts, one upon the other,

in fdriving, impossi le.

I claim:

`A vehicle tire comprising a, lat metalL wheeLriin, e one-piecepneumatic casing havingi'nner flanges projectingfrorn its side-wallvfitted to the wheelerirn, rings fitted over-the rubber tread having[langes coincident with the ange-extensions oi the casing-tread mountedn' on the metallic band, an uper# tured inetaliic side-guard havingflanges engaging the lla-ligas of said. detachable tread, lips extendingfrom the :tpertured portion ol the side-guard engaging thellzinge-exten-- sions ofthe easing, und claiming-bolts 1n connectionwith the side-guur s litted into thev cross-grooves.

In testimony that .l clann the foregoing I have hereunto set iny hund atlllilwuukee in the county of Milwaukee und State of Wisconsin in thepresence of two Witnesses.

MARY B. PRIEST. Witnesses:

G Eo. W. YOUNG, FRED PALM.

